Watching entire movies is so tiresome. It takes hours. Who has that much free time? Why not watch a movie like Top Gun, Tony Scott's 1986 fighter pilot/volleyball epic, compressed to 40 seconds with no sound as one amazing animated .GIF? »11/08/13 12:00pm 11/08/13 12:00pm

It's been a rough week. From high school kids allegedly committing broomstick rape, to Tommy Morrison's death, to Lamar Odom's struggles, it's tough to find anything positive in the world of sports. We searched high and low, though, to bring you these six GIFs that will restore your faith in humanity. »9/06/13 3:38pm 9/06/13 3:38pm

We tend to think of demolition as destructive: dynamite, dust, and plenty of fireworks. But as a New York Times article recently described, demolition in dense cities is, more and more often, a "stealth" operation, where a building is dismantled over a number of weeks. »7/01/13 9:59am 7/01/13 9:59am

Even though this summer's Hurricane Irene left dozens dead and caused billions of dollars of damage, there was an inescapable consensus that it didn't quite live up to the hype. As you can see above, meeting expectations appears to be the one thing we don't have to worry about with Sandy. »10/29/12 8:38am 10/29/12 8:38am

You know about the F-22 Raptor, the newish cutting-edge fighter being continually developed, right? Perhaps to celebrate that they've figured out how to keep the planes from suffocating pilots, today was the first time a missile has been launched at supersonic speeds. »8/07/12 5:30pm 8/07/12 5:30pm